THE TEACHING AND ARTISTIC LEGACY OF OLGA SAMAROFF STOKOWSKI – A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate School in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Arts

[OLGA SAMAROFF, JULLIARD SCHOOL, MUSIC TEACHER; MANUSCRIPT DISSERTATION BY MUSIC PROFESSIONAL] THE TEACHING AND ARTISTIC LEGACY OF OLGA SAMAROFF STOKOWSKI – A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate School in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Arts by Geoffrey Eugene McGillen, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, May, 1989, inscribed to Natalie Ryshna Maynard (Mrs. H. E. Maynard, see Provenance below) and her husband by author McGillen and naming his wife Mary also at the top of the title page dated June 15, 1989, comb-bound manuscript/typescript, 8-1/2" x 11", xvi+485 pages, text with footnotes pages 1-267, extensive back matter pages 268-485 Appendices A-D plus Bibliography, Appendix A – Repertoire of Olga Samaroff pages 268-75, Appendix B – Technical Studies Compiled by Madame Olga Samaroff, Collection of Lesley Cathcart Munn pages 276-281 (with music bars), Appendix C – Lesley Cathcart Munn Notebook of Olga Samaroff Stokowski Piano Classes pages 282-309, Appendix D – Louise Kupelian Notebook of Piano and Master Classes with Olga Samaroff Stokowski pages 310-329, Bibliography pages 330-485 divided into Books by Olga Samaroff Stokowski, Articles by Olga Samaroff Stokowski, Books, Articles, Scrapbook No. 1 Sonya Thorbecke [Stokowski, daughter] Collection [clippings], Scrapbook No. 2 Sonya Thorbecke Collection, and collections of clippings, articles, letters, programs, etc., of other individuals (most of whom were students of Samaroff's) and institutions (Columbia U., U. of Maryland), followed by listings of in-person and telephone interviews McGillen held with students and others and ending with letters sent to the author he used in his research…from the Abstract: "The Purpose of this research is to investigate the life and piano teaching of Olga Samaroff in order to determine her contribution to American music."; RARE, 4 copies only recorded at WorldCat/OCLC, including a copy at Julliard School (7/5/21), none found for sale (7/5/21); NOTES: GEOFFREY EUGENE McGILLEN: 1952-2017, received his Bachelor of Science in Music Education, Master of Music in Piano Performance, with a minor in Music Education and his Doctor of Arts in Piano Performance from Ball State University…in 1981 he made a solo piano tour in Argentina…in 1988 he received the Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation award from Ball State for his dissertation "The Teaching and Artistic Legacy of Olga Samaroff"…piano teacher…activities include playing piano with the Louisville Orchestra, Charleston Symphony, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Sunriver Music Festival…participant with his wife Mary in the International Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC (online obituary); PROVENANCE: acquired at a Fairfield County, Connecticut, estate sale of possessions and career memorabilia of Natalie Ryshna Maynard (Mrs. H. E. Maynard), who studied under Olga Samaroff at Julliard and wrote about this in a diary she kept in the early 1940s also acquired at the time, a return address sticker with her name and address are in the upper right corner of the front cover of McGillen's inscribed manuscript, she is listed in the author's extensive references /// CONDITION: well-preserved, some wear to covers.